VIDEO: Brockton High School principal is smooth as ice

Riding the ice resurfacer has been a lifelong dream of Brockton High School Principal Sharon Wolder, who finally got the chance at Wednesday's varsity hockey game at the Asiaf Arena.

Staff Reporter

BROCKTON – Here's something you don't see everyday – the principal of the state's largest high school riding a Zamboni.She didn't lose a bet and no one dared her to do it. In fact, riding the ice resurfacer has been a lifelong dream of Brockton High School Principal Sharon Wolder, who finally got the chance at Wednesday's varsity hockey game at the Asiaf Arena.

"I've always wanted to ride one or drive it for as long as I could remember," she said before her icy jaunt.

A colleague learned of her secret wish and with a little maneuvering, she said, she was given the OK to assist in smoothing the ice after the first period of the game.

"I was a little nervous at first, but I got the reassurance that I wouldn't fly off the back of it," she said laughingly. "That would not be graceful."

With cheers from students and parents inside the arena, Wolder hoisted herself up onto the machine, and with a big smile and wave, was off.

Dafney Tales may be reached at dtales@enterprisenews.com.

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